x̣rb / Semitic roots

1. mojarra, from Arabic muḥarrab, sharpened, from ḥarraba, to sharpen, denominative from ḥarba, lance, spear.

2. Central Semitic denominative verbal root *ḥrb, to wage war, attack, smite. mihrab, from Arabic miḥrāb, recess, prayer niche, probably from Old South Arabian (Sabaean) mḥrb, part of a temple, from ḥrb, to fight, to perform a certain ritual in a temple.